Curve Room on the Broom Relaxed performance information pack

Relaxed Performance Information Pack for Room on the Broom Friday 4 April 2025, 1.30pm

Box Office Telephone: 0116 242 3595 Box Office Email: tickets@curvetheatre.co.uk Address: Curve, 60 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB Access Sponsors

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Contents Hello and What is a Relaxed Performance?.........................................................................................2 Getting to Curve…………………………………………………………….…………..3 - 7 Visual Story: Your Visit to Curve……………………………………………………………...…….….8 - 19 Useful Information……………………………………………………………………20

Hello!

We are looking forward to welcoming you to Curve for our Relaxed Performance of Room on the Broom. We hope you are excited to see the show!

This pack is designed to give you a bit more information about the performance and our theatre ahead of your visit.

What is a Relaxed Performance?

Relaxed Performances are open to everyone but are especially tailored to support audiences who may benefit from a more relaxed performance environment. This may include individuals with neurodivergence, such as autism, learning difficulties and other sensory or communication needs.

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At this performance, we will be keeping the house lights on at a low level, and the Studio Theatre doors will remain open should you wish to leave the performance at any time.

Although this is described as a Relaxed performance for the reasons mentioned above, throughout the show there will be moments of audience interaction with some surprises, and the noise levels will be moderate including songs and amplified voices.

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Getting to Curve Our address is Curve, 60 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB. Here is a map of where Curve is in the Cultural Quarter, and the surrounding area.

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Due to some ongoing building maintenance work at Curve, there are currently road closures in place around our theatre – these are indicated by the red triangles on the map.

Getting here by Car There are a number of car parks close to Curve, with the multi-storey NCP Rutland Centre Car Park being the closest to our Theatre.

Customers are advised that none of the car parks detailed on this page are owned or managed by Curve or Leicester Theatre Trust Ltd. 4

NCP Rutland Centre Car Park (Multi-storey) 56 Halford Street, Leicester, LE1 1TQ Access Spaces: 7 | Max Height: 1.93m Curve visitors can park in the NCP Rutland Centre adjacent to Curve for £7.95 when validated at Box Office, Green Room Café or Stage Door Bar during your visit.

If parking at NCP Rutland Centre between the hours of 5pm and 2am, you can access a cheaper rate of £5.95 if you pay via the NCP ParkPass App, or £6.95 if you pay your parking at the machines located in the NCP on the day.

Southampton Street Leicester, LE1 1TG Access Spaces: 4 Hourly charges from £1*

Haymarket Leicester, LE1 3YT Access Spaces: 5 Hourly charges from £2*

NCP Lee Circle Car Park Leicester, LE1 3RE Access Spaces: 4 | Max Height: 1.93m Hourly charges from £1.95*

Newarke Street Leicester, LE1 5SN Access Spaces: 1 Hourly charges from £2*

Dover Street Highcross John Lewis Car Park Leicester, LE1 6PW Leicester, LE1 4QJ Access Spaces: 14 | Max Height 1.98m Access Spaces: 109 | Family Spaces: Hourly charges from £2* 56 | Max Height, 1.98m Hourly charges from £3.50*, plus flat evening rate of £2.50* between 5pm and 6am.

There is also a drop-off point outside our theatre. *Prices subject to change.

Getting here by Bus

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All Leicestershire bus services have stops within a three to 10-minute walk of Curve, with services terminating on Humberstone Gate, Haymarket Bus Station or St Margaret’s Bus Station.

For more information about travelling by bus in the city, visit www.leicester.gov.uk/transport-and-streets/travelling-by-bus, or call Traveline on 0871 200 2233.

Hop! Free City Centre Circular Bus Service Hop! shuttle buses are free to use and serve Leicester City Centre, looping in an anti-clockwise between Haymarket Bus Station, Highcross, Jubilee Square, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Railway Station and the Market.

Part of the greenlines electric network, the service also links with the Hospital Hopper service at Royal Infirmary and St Nicholas Circle, Meynell’s Gorse and Enderby Park & Ride at St Nicholas Circle, and Birstall Park & Ride at Savoy Street.

The nearest Hop! stop to Curve is Stand CK on Charles Street, circled in red on the map overleaf. The service operates every 10 minutes, Monday – Saturday between 8am and 6pm.

For more information about Hop!, including a service leaflet and larger route map, visit leicesterbuses.co.uk/hop. A route map is also provided on the next page.

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Hop! Route Map

Getting here by Train Leicester Train Station is less than a 10-minute walk away via Charles Street. For the latest service information, please visit www.nationalrail.co.uk.

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Visual Story: Your Visit to Curve Curve is a large, round building with a glass front, as shown below. The outside of Curve usually looks like this:

Halford Street Entrance

Rutland Street Entrance

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As we are currently undertaking some building work at the front of our theatre, there is a mixture of fencing and scaffolding creating partially covered walkways to our two entrances. This is what the area looks like:-

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There are two main entrances into the building – Halford Street, by our Green Room Café, and Rutland Street, by our Box Office. Both entrances have a set of glass double doors.

Halford Street

Rutland Street

The doors will open outwards automatically as you move towards them.

There is level access into the building from both entrances.

When you enter the building, you will be in the Foyer. Our Foyer is one big circle which wraps around two of our performance spaces – the Theatre and the Studio Theatre.

As you make your way around the Foyer, you will notice lots of large pictures on the big red walls. This is our production gallery, and features pictures from our previous productions.

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In addition, there are large digital screens displaying upcoming shows and events throughout the building.

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A number of automatic hand sanitiser points are available around the building. To use these points, simply hold your hand beneath the dispenser.

Push dispensers are also available around the building.

Before the show, there will be some loud announcements in the Foyer telling you how long it is until the show begins, and other useful information about your visit.

It may also be noisy in the Foyer as other audience members will be arriving to see the show. You might like to cover your ears or wear a pair of ear defenders during this time. A limited number of ear defenders are available at Reception, if you would like to borrow some.

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Here is a map of the Ground Floor of Curve.

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In the Foyer inside the Rutland Street doors, you will find our Box Office.

Car parking tickets for cars parked in the NCP Rutland Centre Multistorey Car Park next door to Curve can be validated at the Box Office for £7.95. Ticket enquiries for this performance and future shows at Curve can also be made here.

In the Foyer you will also find our Green Room Café.

Here you can buy a drink, snack or ice cream to enjoy before the performance.

There may be a small queue at the Café.

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If you need to use the toilet before you take your seats, there are male, female and accessible toilets near the Green Room Café and Box Office. There are also gender-neutral toilets on the Mezzanine floor.

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There is a Changing Places Facility with adult hoist on the Ground Floor next to Theatre Door 4. Please note you will need to bring your own hoist straps to use this facility.

All ground floor accessible toilets including our Changing Places facility, as well as our male and female toilets close to the Green Room Café will be sensory adapted, meaning the hand dryers will be switched off and paper towels will be provided.

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You will be watching Room on the Broom in our Studio Theatre, which has new red seating as shown in the picture below.

This is where you will sit to watch the performance.

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Your ticket will tell you which door to enter through – Studio Theatre Door 1 or 6 - and where to sit, based on a row letter and seat number.

A member of our Visitor Experience Team can help you find the right door and your seat by looking at the letters and numbers on your ticket.

They will be wearing black shirts and/or fleeces with a colourful Curve logo.

When you enter the Studio Theatre, the lights will be on and it will be noisy as the audience will be getting ready to watch the show. You might like to cover your ears or wear your ear defenders to soften the noise, or bring a comfort toy to play with before the performance starts.

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To access most rows in the Studio Theatre, you will need to take a number of steps.

When entering at the Stage Level via Studio Theatre Doors 1 or 6, there are 28 steps from the stage to Row P at the back of the theatre, with two steps between each row.

You will need to pull the bottom of your seat down to sit on it.

Booster seats are available if you can’t see the stage comfortably, and a member of our Visitor Experience Team can get one for you.

They will also be happy to help you with anything else you may need to enjoy the performance.

When the show is about to start, the lights in the Theatre will be dimmed but it will never go completely dark. They will remain on at a low-level throughout the performance.

The space will become quiet, so the audience can listen to the story and music.

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Whilst the inner doors to the Theatre will close, the outer doors will remain open throughout so you can leave the space if you need to use the toilet or take a break from the show. You can re-enter when you’re ready.

If you would like a break from the performance, you might like to visit our Quiet Deck on the Mezzanine (Level M).

You will need to take the stairs between Studio Theatre Doors 5 and 6 to access the Mezzanine, and a member of our Visitor Experience Team can help you find it.

When the show has finished, the cast will come back onto the stage and bow. The audience will clap to show the cast they enjoyed the performance. It may be quite loud during this moment.

At the end of the show, the lights will get brighter again. You can leave the Theatre when you are rea

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Useful Information Room on the Broom is based on the book of the same name by author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler. You might have read this at home!

The running time for Room on the Broom is 55 minutes with no interval, meaning there isn’t a break in the middle.

The performance is recommended for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups.

There will be different lighting throughout the show, with some moments in bright lighting and others in darker lighting.

During moments of audience interaction, the lights will become brighter so the characters can see you!

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We hope you find this information pack helpful ahead of your visit to Curve. Enjoy the show!

If you have any comments on this information pack, please email us on access@curvetheatre.co.uk.

For more information about Accessibility at Curve, please visit www.curveonline.co.uk, or call our Box Office on 0116 242 3595.

We look forward to welcoming you.

This information pack was created by Lisa Brain, Audiences and Access Co-ordinator at Curve.

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